How To Collect Switch Information for Fibre Channel Environments

Problem

Sometimes Pure Storage Support needs to review switch data during performance troubleshooting. The majority of performance problems we've experienced have roots in the SAN topology, configuration, or due to degraded physical connections. Switch data is the most effective available tool for quickly ascertaining problem sources.

Solution

Both Brocade and Cisco require an ssh client with logging abilities. Here's how to collect that data on various OSes.